Unidentified. Includes title page of Thomas Gent's 'The most delectable, scriptural and pious history of the famous and magnificent great eastern window (according to beautiful portraitures) in St Peter's Cathedral, York' 1762 (no. 3); details of stained gas
Sans titreUnidentified. Includes title page of Thomas Gent's 'The most delectable, scriptural and pious history of the famous and magnificent great eastern window (according to beautiful portraitures) in St Peter's Cathedral, York' 1762 (no. 3); details of stained
Sans titreUnidentified
Sans titreDetails of stained glass windows, Canterbury Cathedral. File includes slides HT.3, HT.94, HT.97, HT.104, HT./H.106, HT.110, HT.112, HT.113, HT/H.121; Q.6, Q.8, Q.10; S.25a-c. HT.3 labelled Becket's crown.
Sans titreGreat Malvern interior and details of stained glass windows. P.37 Malvern Priory, general view, East window. P.124 Malvern Priory - creation window in holy chapel, large scale detail, God appearing to Abraham.
Sans titreIncludes details of stained glass windows at Bourges Cathedral, Bourges, France (AU.122); Musée de Cluny, Paris (St Timothy), Paris (AU.126); and St George's Church, Hanover Square, London (AU.130).
Sans titreUnidentified details of stained glass windows.
Sans titre?Plan of York Minster showing five western bays 1400-1420, four eastern bays 1361-1400, and the tombs of Archbishop Bowett d.1423, Wolveden Treasurer d.1432 and Prebendary Parker d.1423; Stained glass relating to martyrdoms, including the Bowett window (?York Minster), the murder of Becket in the fourth window from the east in the South Aisle of Lady Chapel (?Canterbury Cathedral), and a list of martyrdoms.
Sans titreIncludes eight images of Jane Knowles (nee Annakin) wife of John Ward Knowles.
Sans titreIncludes three images of Jane Knowles (nee Annakin) wife of John Ward Knowles, and one further image of the wife of an unidentified member of the Knowles family.
Sans titreIncludes images of York, including Lendal Bridge, Holy Trinity Goodramgate and the Guildhall, as well as a photograph of the Temperance Hotel, Aberconwy.
Sans titreThe book was published in 1764.
Sans titreThe corroded glass has left the traced lines in relief.
Sans titre1) Standing (male?) figure labelled 'labor', kneeling, richly dressed female figure labelled 'dolor'. 2) Male and female figures (naked, with bound wrists) PAVPERTAS ADAM ET EVE CREDVLITAS. 3) Seven richly dressed female figures, city in background. 4) Lo
Sans titreFrom a drawing by Miss Mabel Leaf. Two plates (top and bottom half of image) showing window depicting St Christopher carrying Christ child over river. 2 images. Bottom image signed 'M. Leaf. 1909'.
Sans titreTwo plates. One with six reproduced images of paintings by Holbein, Raphael & Feuerbach; one with four images by Reubens & Morillo.
Sans titreOne celluloid plate, with glass plates. All negative images of different sections of Clerestory.
Sans titreEnlarged reproductions of Van Dyck's portraits of: plate 1) Madam Kirk; and plate 2) Lady Poulett (from the neck down). Same images as in KNO/24/299.
Sans titreSame image of a stained glass window in both plates.
Sans titreFour plates, each depicting a male saint (?) - one with keys, one with a sword, one with ferula (as in KNO/24/514), plus one with ferula and mitre.
Sans titreFour plates. First and second are identical, showing painted panels of St Mary, holding a lily. Third and fourth are identical painted panels of St Nicholas(?) holding crosier and three balls(?).
Sans titreSix plates. First and second are different versions of the same image - Jesus(?) with hand raised and book. Third and fourth are different images of angels praying, holding thuribles(?).
Sans titreTwo plates. First is of the lion and unicorn with 'Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God'. Second shows the lion and unicorn with 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, her children rise up and call her blessed'.
Sans titreTwo plates of the same image. 19th or 20th century stained glass showing St George with dragon at feet. Marked 'Knowles & Sons, York' at base of window.
Sans titreTwo plates. Identical image on each: reproductions from page 27 of the catalogue(?), advertising 'devotional picture book'. Published by Plantin Press.
Sans titreTwo plates. Identical images of ornate metal cross with three-pronged ends (similar to a St Thomas cross?).
Sans titreIdentical photo of baptismal shell with Cuthbert/Celtic cross(?) design on handle.
Sans titreCartoon of a Figure used for another subject. Woman poisoned by eating frog. Woman at the shrine. St William Window, York Minster. Two plates. One plate shows panels 66 and 67 of St William Window (Woman poisoned by eating frog and Poisoned woman at shrine, whilst the second shows panels 66 and 67 of St William window, and enlarged images of woman in each panel, clearly showing identical headdress and hand gesture.
Sans titreTwo plates: one showing stained glass window with alternate panels of middle light blanked out, one showing same window complete
Sans titrePhotos of sections of stained glass window, multi-panel, subjects unclear. All plates are faded, some with separation of the emulsion around the edges.
Sans titreAll plates are depicting sections of stained glass window. Two have the same image - photo of part of window, multi-panel with sun and coat of arms design at the bottom. All plates are moderately to severely faded.
Sans titreOne plates shows a section of window, with a bishop(?) blessing crowd. The second shows a cartoon for part of design as half-visible in plate one - floral design with leaves in a star formation. Plate signed 'WK [?] 4. 95'.
Sans titreTwo plates: images of pitted, degraded stained glass.
Sans titreOne large plate and one small plate, both depicting same three lights of stained glass window (male and female saints, one with children - possibly Mary?).
Sans titreImage of reredos, depicting Jesus flanked by five kneeling angels holding thuribles. 2 copies.
Sans titreInterior of St George's Church, York, showing stained glass window with crucifix altar and statues in front of it. 2 copies.
Sans titreThe window is entitled 'Christ of the Doctors.' Originally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreSome of the plates are particularly badly damaged and will require conservation. Originally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreThe corner of one plate has broken off and is missing. Originally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
Sans titreEmblems and evangelists and Cawood Reredos.
Sans titreMrs Hodgkinson.
Sans titreReverend Trundle.
Sans titreFor Reverend Horne. Cost £483.
Sans titreReverend Deane, Harswell.
Sans titreFor John Ferguson Esquire, Ripon.
Sans titreMrs William. 100 letters.
Sans titreFolio 484. 139 letters.
Sans titrePapers collated by either J W Knowles or his son J A Knowles relating to classic architecture. Includes handwritten notes, newspaper cuttings, engravings and copies of 'A theoretical and practical treatise on the five orders of architecture.'
Sans titreIncludes twelve prints from woodcut drawings mounted onto card. The prints depict various scenes, including harvest time, wine making, bread making etc and show the figures in medieval dress.
Sans titreVolumes of handwritten notes regarding the stained glass windows in York Minster. The first volume is prefaced by the following: 'The following notes formed the first draft for a work on the Stained Glass of the Minster by the late J W Knowles. They were collected, arranged and presented to the Library by his Executors. An amended copy including all his original sketches and drawings for illustration is in the Victoria & Albert Museum Library.
Sans titreIncludes:
Handwritten notes regarding York Hospitals, two famous York mariners, local illustrations of English history, notes on miracle plays and York Railway station, c.1950;
Volume relating to the Mount Girls School, 1858
Business cards for Cave and Sons, engravers, and John Beckett, pharmacist;
Declaration, rules and regulations of the St James's Westminster Loyal Volunteers, 1803;
Handwritten note regarding John Dechett, coach driver, 19th century;
Two unidentified document seals, 19th century.
These items were found packaged with the remaining items in the Knowles archive, however their exact provenance cannot be ascertained.
The bundle comprises colour artwork for stained glass windows, war memorials and church fittings carried out by J W Knowles & Sons. Most of the images are mounted onto card.
Sans titreIncludes an image of an ornate chair; two images of the same boss; stone font; and stained glass window with standing male figure.
Sans titreTwo different images showing crowned female heads, of very similar design. Medieval.
Sans titreTwo plates show the same photo of one light of a stained glass window, with the third showing two lights from the next section along.
Sans titreThe first negative shows fragments of glass with two knights on; whilst the second shows a fragment of glass with coat of arms.
Sans titreEach plate depicts different bishops holding swords and shields. From facsimilies of the J Arundel example. In the Grosvenor Thomas collection.
Sans titreReproductions from p 97 and 148 of a Latin book, with text and line drawings of medieval ships.
Sans titreFour glass plate negatives, labelled 1) Lamport Church 2) Victoria & Albert Museum 3) Chesterfield Parish Church 4) In posession of JJ Hardshaw Esq. Birmingham.
Sans titreTwo glass plate negatives with same image of the donor panel from the West Window at St Martin's Coney Street, depicting Reverend Robert Semer.
Sans titreFour plates. First is of a window depicting man and woman kissing. Second is of a window depicting marriage. Third is of a window depicting baptism(?) of a woman. Fourth is of a window depicting three male figures.
Sans titre2 plates. Glass plate negatives of upper and lower parts of a stained glass window, depicting a crowned female saint with book and palm(?). Medieval.
Sans titreCartoons used twice (with slight differences) in the same window: woman with drowned child at tomb, and woman with leprosy at tomb.
Sans titreCatalogue of sale of a collection of old glass, with prices.
Sans titre2 copies of frontispiece (nos 1-2), 2 copies of plate III (nos.3-4), 2 copies of plate IV (nos.5-6)
Sans titreIncludes 'The Sun of York: fragments with suns, J.W. Knowles Collection' (no.4); details from 14th century York windows (no.10); representations of the Holy Trinity in York glass (no.12); German influence in Oxford work (no.15)
Sans titreSt Margaret's, Westminster interior (HP.3) and detail of stained glass window (P.2).
Sans titreSet of slides showing glass making techniques and examples of stained glass including: no.4 carbonate and copper burnt in; no.7 modern and 12th century; no.10 Eraclius' 13th century glass painting recipe; no.11 Eraclius' recipe for glass painting 14th century; no.36 cartoons used twice, Église de la Madeleine, Aube, Troyes; no.38 curious old inscriptions on the walls of the Haunted Gallery; no.45 glass corroded leaving enamel intact; no.47 York Minster Fabric Rolls, abstract of 1421 roll; no.49 accounts relating to glass painting at York Minster 1371-1639 extracted from the Fabric Rolls; no.50 items in the Fabric Rolls relating to glass painting at York Minster 1471, 1577; transcript of indenture between the Dean and Chapter of York and John Thornton of Coventry, glazier for the glazing of the Great Window in the east gable of the choir of York Minster 10 Dec 1405; no.55 stained glass with inscription to Von Rosenbach 1588; no.61 Steelyard Wharf, London; no.63 Venetian Chart of the English Channel 1489; no.69 diagram to show continuity of design and practice in the York school of glass painting 1399-1529; no.70 ordinances of York, glass painters 1463-64; no.72 ordinances of York, glass painters c.1370; no.75B Prudde's scale of prices for various classes of work 1445-49; no.77 prodigal son playing blackgammon in half moon from Lasteyrie; no.79 stained glass at Limoges - fox preaching to cocks and hens; no.83 statues of Virgin and Child from Petite Chapelle St Jean etc; no. 93 1526 indenture, King's College, Cambridge; no.94 patent granted by Henry VI to John Utynam for manufacture of coloured glass, 1449; no.95. unidentified portrait; no.97 St William Window, York Minster c.1421: two of the donors (the Roos family); pane representing William's enthronization feast, St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no. 116 the monkey's funeral and fox running away with the goose, nave, York Minster; no.125 portrait of Henry Gyles, glass painter of York c.1646-1709 from mezzotint by Francis Place; no.127 image of glass painter's workshop; no.129 [?Self] portrait of Henry Gyles 1680-85, British Museum (Museum no. 1852,0214.372); map of London 1560 showing steelyard and Glaizers Hall, Fye Foot Lane; no.131 16th century window from 15th century cartoons, Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres, Aube department, France; no.139 title page of Waltyer Gedde's Booke of Sundry Draughtes 1615; no.164 unidentified; no.166 map showing England, France, Italy and Belgium; no.167 [York Minster, interior]; no. 168 plan [?of York Minster] showing system 'A' where only the windows nearest the spectator can be seen and system 'B' where all windows can be seen; no.169 [York Minster, exterior]; no.170 Choir, Gloucester Cathedral; no.171 example of an indenture; no.172 St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no.173 St William in Solitude, St William Window, York Minster c.1421; no.178 unidentified stained glass window with annotations; no.179 Corpus Christi Heads at Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York and St Martin's Coney Street, York and Our Lord appearing to St Thomas at All Saints, North Street, York; no.184 East Window, Gloucester Cathedral; no.185 Fairford; no.187 York Minster - William de Auckland appears as Vitriarius in 1371 (extract from unattributed text); no.192 [?monkey funeral, nave, York Minster]
Sans titreOriginally held in a box marked 'Knowles Wooden box plates 28.'
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